Book review: The Sweet Remnants Of Summer, by Alexander McCall Smith
For all its gentle humour, this latest Isabel Dalhousie novel shows Alexander McCall Smith to be a steely moralist, writes Stuart Kelly
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For all its gentle humour, this latest Isabel Dalhousie novel shows Alexander McCall Smith to be a steely moralist, writes Stuart Kelly
SCOTTISH author Alexander McCall Smith reckons he writes five novels a year – but readily admits he does have a tendency to lose count of them. During lockdown, this most hardworking of writers has been as busy as ever with no fewer than six new books coming out this year - definitely. Since coming to prominence with The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series set in Botswana, he’s written more than 60 books – he’s again not sure of the exact number – and sold more than 40 million, translated into 46 languages, making him one of the world’s most prolific and popular authors.